June 4, 2024 | Kevin Costner Talks About Whitney Houston (Interview) The Bodyguard & Funeral Speech

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  @Thegazelle1000 · 2 years ago

  That man really loved, appreciated and respected Whitney. Long live to Kevin 😊

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  @triviaone1628 · 2 years ago

  He is always 💯💯. Loved his eulogy to Whitney!!🙏🏽

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  @ChristopherReid-s4r · 2 years ago

  Whitney needed to have a husband like Kevin.She would have been cared for much better.

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  @feliciarobinson9430 · 2 years ago

  Wow such beautiful things to say he truley cared for her ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭

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  @thewhitneyhoustonplatinumclub · 2 years ago (edited)

  Kevin Costner refused a request to shorten his eulogy for Whitney Houston just so television networks like CNN could air commercials during the live broadcast of Houston’s funeral. Costner and Houston became lifelong friends after starring together in the 1992 romance blockbuster “The Bodyguard.” Costner was one of eight people who spoke at Houston’s funeral in 2012.<br><br>“I had been working on this speech…and I tried to compile everything I wanted to do and finally crafted this speech,” Costner said. “Somebody said, ‘CNN’s here, they wouldn’t mind if your remarks were kept shorter because they’re going to have commercials.’ And I said, ‘They can get over that. They can play the commercial while I’m talking, I don’t care.&apos;”<br><br>Costner’s eulogy was 17 minutes long, but he was initially hesitant to speak at Houston’s funeral. It was only due to the encouragement of Dionne Warwick that Costner agreed to give a eulogy.<br><br>“I could feel the weight on her, now it’s shifted to me,” Costner said about speaking at the funeral. “What am I going to say about this little girl? [I] went back to that church in Newark and it was filled. It was electric. There were two bands playing, the church was alive. It was like, boom!”<br><br>Costner starred in “The Bodyguard” as a former U.S. Secret Service agent who is hired to be the bodyguard for a famous star (Houston) when she is targeted by an unknown stalker. The film grossed $411 million worldwide to become the second highest-grossing movie of 1992, and Houston’s renditions of “I Will Always Love You” and “I Have Nothing” powered the official soundtrack to a Grammy win for album of the year. It remains the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time.<br><br>“I don’t think we’ll ever forget when that little song came out, that [Houston] just blew up,” Costner recalled in 2022 about “I Will Always Love You” and Houston’s success after the movie. “She sang the first part of it a cappella and musically the world was never the same. We have a moment of her in that movie we’ll never ever forget that and I think that when movies are working at their best, that’s what can happen.”

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  @hadad10 · 1 month ago

  It is impossible not to reflect on the sense of safety and care Kevin conveyed to Whitney during the film&apos;s production, and not wonder what might have happened had she experienced that in her personal life—with someone who truly made her happy and free from the traumas she endured. If I were in Kevin&apos;s shoes—even though Whitney was ultimately overcome by her struggles—I would feel immense pride in having helped her in some way and having brought some good into her life during that time.

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  @cynthiawilliams737 · 4 months ago

  I am so sad Whitney died so young &amp; never believed it was an overdose!

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  @nosiphiwosiwa · 1 year ago

  He is the one of the best actor&apos;s in the world ❤

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  @charlita25 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Would you do my speech for me&quot; 😫🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

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  @LynneBoyle-Trafton · 2 weeks ago

  The chemistry was dynamic! I think they loved each other but don’t knock it down!! I love friends dearly!! I believe they had a beautiful friendship ❤

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  @sirineomrani9546 · 2 years ago

  Quelle dort.en paix❤ elle a une belle voix❤et quil.trouve &nbsp;la paix et le.bonheur dans sa vie il a un.bon.coeur❤zohra zohra

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  @sweetspot93 · 2 years ago

  HUH, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET OUT THE COUNTERFEITS

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